College Catalog
Advanced EMT
The Emergency Medical Science curriculum provides individuals with the knowledge, skills and attributes to provide advanced emergency medical care as a paramedic for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system and prepares graduates to enter the workforce.
Students will gain complex knowledge, competency, and experience while employing evidence-based practice under medical oversight and serve as a link from the scene into the healthcare system.
Graduates of this program may be eligible to take state and/or national certification examinations. Employment opportunities include providers of emergency medical services, fire departments, rescue agencies, hospital specialty areas, industry, educational and government agencies.
The Emergency Medical Services – Paramedic program at Sandhills Community College is accredited by the Commission of Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Committee of Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP).
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
25400 US Hwy 19 N., Suite 158
Clearwater, FL 33763
727-210-2350
www.caahep.org
To contact CoAEMSP:
8301 Lakeview Parkway Suite 111-312 Rowlett, TX 75088 214-703-8445 FAX 214-703-8992 www.coaemsp.org
Certificate Program
| Course Hours Per Week | Semester Hours | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester (Fall) | Class | Lab | Clinic | Credit | |
| EMS-110 | EMT | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Credit Hours | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Second Semester (Spring) | Class | Lab | Clinic | Credit | |
| EMS-120 | Advanced EMT | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
| EMS-121 | AEMT Clinical Practicum | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Credit Hours | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | |
| Total Required Minimum Semester Hours Credit | 17 | ||||
Associate Professor Ryan Teal, Emergency Medical Science Coordinator
108 Kennedy Hall
910.695.3768
tealr@sandhills.edu
Associate Professor Stefanie Williams, Emergency Medical Science Clinical Coordinator
109 Kennedy Hall
910.695.3936
williamss@sandhills.edu